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Michael Heseltine talked about it quite a bit. That was at the time he run the Dept of Trade and Industries. He tried to defuse the poll tax bomb. Building houses, moving government offices out of London etc. They tried it all but to little effect. Juergen Maier (@siemens) made the point very...

then they'll have to spend even more money on enticements. Mind you, any big business would be frightened equally by the ERG. current probability estimates since Tuesday's votes on Peston show this week: May's deal 50% unchanged No brexit 35% (down 5%) No deal 15% (up 5%)

it does not matter Labour or conservatives, our government will have to woo back big manufacturing firms after brexit.

Nigel wants to tell people that he has a simple solution while conveniently hiding the fact that it's an agreement and involves complicated negotiation.

the hard brexiters are confusing, spreading all sort of possibilities as real prospects and when some of them are proven undeliverable, they simply say 'we are not the government' as their defense. There is no prospect of brexit on WTO lasting for more than a few weeks. Any sane government will...

he might. He can easily supply sufficient votes to keep TM as PM until the next GE, then beat her at it.

The hard brexiters take voters for fools. Clause 24 is a mechanism for the EU and the UK to enter into a temporary customs arrangement for a standstill, as if we were still inside the EU customs union. It's similar to the backstop.

I can't see us leaving on WTO. Not in short term, not in long term. The most time span I reckon we may stay under WTO rules is 3 weeks. hard brexiters make a lot of noises but cometh the hour, no PM is going to go for this nonsense. The mass relocation or repositioning is going to happen when we...

I don't generally do anything to prepare for brexit because I think we will eventually have to have BRINO or rejoin.

I did watch Ken doing TV harakiri on Andrew Neil's This Week. He walked straight into Neil's trap like James Delingpole did the week before. It goes to show that many of our politicians and journalists are totally uncritical and lazy thinkers.

that's a legitimate question which has received little attention. My guess is most businesses wanting to reposition themselves either wholly or partly in and out of the UK will want to wait another month for some clear direction. No brexit is still possible. Fundamentally, any deal with the EU...

he was making a point about our government rushing through the Lords a bundle of laws and statutory instruments before brexit date. A lot of them put current consumer protection at risk, such as a cap on lending rates. We have a few street lenders who exploit people in financial troubles, credit...

Lord Adonis on Newsnight gave this example of changes after brexit: until now, credit card interest rate is capped by the EU. After brexit, it may not be capped or capped to a different level.

it may be with a small c. did some company give away free air tickets with their vacuum cleaners or something similar in the past? I must say I am not impressed with businesses peddling easy credit such Northern Rock and their 110% mortgage, wonga wonga etc.

TM may be able to buy up to 20 Labour votes. How much would they be worth? £6 billions? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47080553

what did you study if you don't mind me asking?

Hi Bill, Yes and no. It's plug-in compatible with your 9-pin motor cable but the rating of the controller is 15A max, not enough to make full use of your 350W. You need 17A-18A controller. It works very well with the ordinary Bafang SWXH with Hall and also with MXUS XF07, MXUS XF08C. The...

fishermen are quite capable of doing themselves out of a job by short term profit in overfishing. the technology of catching fish: Sonar, net, bigger boats etc gives them efficiency. overfishing also leads to fewer fishermen and fewer boats are needed.

I agree with you on this.

after the farmers, the fishermen. who's safe in your utopia of 'UK is a free port'?